Combined door-closure and screen.



No. 686,297. 1 Patented Nov. I2, |90l.' L. C. HERDRIGH. A `IIONIBINED DOOR CLDSURE AND SCREEN.

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No. 686,297. Patented Nov. I2, l90l. L. C. HERDRICH.

COMBIED DOOR CLOSURE AND SCREEN.

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W/TNESSES mim UNITED NSnrvrns PATENT OFFICE.

LIZZIE AC. HERDRICH, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COMBINED DooR-oLosuRE AND sc'znEEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 686,297, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed November 15,1899. Serial No. 737,028. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LIZZIE C. HERDRICH, a citizen of the United States, residingatlndianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, haveinventedanew and useful Gombined Door-Closure and Screen, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined door-closure and screen.

In many residences it is desirable to have doorways between adjacent rooms, and which doorways may be ordinarily open their entire width without obstructions. At the present timesuch doorways are ordinarily closed by means of a sliding door or doors which may be pushed back into a hollow partition, said partition being of unusual thickness.

The object of my invention is to obviate the necessity of a thick partition and to produce a device which may be used for closing doorways or which may be removed therefrom and used as an ornamental screen, dressing-mirror, or the like.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. l

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the parts in position to close a doorway. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of one of the intermediate panels. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan showing the several panels folded closely together. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing my device in use as a door. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing my device in position as an ornamental screen or dressing-mirror.

In the drawings, 7 indicates a doorway of any desired width and height, and 8, 9, 10, and 11 indicate a series of panels the adjacent edges of which are secured together by means of suitable hinges 12, which may be either double or single acting. The panels 8, 9, 10, and 11 may vary in width or height and number to correspond to the width and height of the doorway which is to be filled, and said panels are supported upon suitable rollers or casters 13, so that when removed from the casing the device will stand alone. I prefer to make the panels somewhat shorter than the height of the door, for the reason that most doors are higher than a desirable height for an ornamental screen. One or more of the panels-as the panels 9 and 10, for instance-should be provided at the top with a tongue 14, which should bepreferably ush with one face of the panel and slightly less than one half the thickness of the panel.

Hinged to the top of tongue 14 is an auxiliary panel 15 of the same thickness as said tongue and so arranged that when thrown into `its that position by any suitable form of bolt or fastening means, the panel 16 extending over the adjacent main panel. One of the outer panels-as the panel 8, for instanceis provided on its outer edge with one half of suitable separable hinges 17, the other halves of which are secured to the door-frame. Vhen it is desired to use the door-closure as a screen the hinges 17 are separated and the series of panels drawn away from the opening. The supplemental panels 16 are then folded over against their adjacent panel 15 and secured thereto by any suitable catch. (Not shown.) The two panels 15 and 16 are then together folded down against tongue 14, with panel 16 between said tongue and panel 15, thus shortening the main panel and bringing it down to a height proper for an ornamental screen. The several panels may then be folded and swung into any desired position.

The faces of the main panels and the outer face of panel 15 may be provided with any desirable ornamentation, and, if desired, one face of at least three of the panels may be provided with mirrors, so as to be thrown into position for use as a dressing-screen.

It will be readily understood that if the doorway be provided at its upper end with grillework the auxiliary panels may be either brought up far enough to cover the grille or, if desired, 4they may extend to the lower rail IOO of the grille, and the supplemental panels 16 may have their .corners shaped to conform Witllll the shape of the ends of lower rail of the fm e. o They adjacent edges of the main panels, tongue 14, and the auxiliary panels should be curved, as shown, so as to prevent an unobstructed opening between the panels. By curving the adjacent edges of the two auxiliary panels one will operate to hold the other in place, so that asingle bolt 18 will be sufficient to hold both auxiliary panels in their open positions.

1. A combined swinging door-closure and screen consisting of one or more panels, means carried by said closure for independently snpporting the same, and means carried by one redge thereof for conveniently hinging or unhinging said closure toadoor-casing, whereby the door may be separated from the casing and used as a screen.

2. A combined swinging door-closure and screen consisting of two or more panels suitably hinged together so as to be unfolded in a line with each other or so as to be folded one upon `the other, means for supporting said panels'independent of a door-casing and means for conveniently hinging or unhinging one of said panels to a door-casing, whereby the door may be separated from the casing and used as a screen.

3. A combined door-closure and screen consisting of two or more panels, one of said panels having a tongue 14 formed at its upper end, an auxiliary panel 15 hinged to the upper end of said tongue, a supplemental` panel hinged to one edge of said auxiliary panel, and means carried by one of said main panels for detaehably securing it to a door- .casing, substantially as described.

4. A door or screen section having a portion at its upper end of less thickness than the main portion, and a panel hingedv to the upper edge of said portion so as to be folded thereupon or extensible therefrom in the plane of the door.

5. A door or screen section having a panel hinged to its upper edge so that it may be folded upon the door or extended therefrom in the same plane substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A' 6. A combined swinging door-closure and ,screen consisting of one or more panels, means such as casters carried by each panel of said closure for independently supporting the closure, and means carried by one free edge thereof for conveniently hinging said closure to, and unhinging from, a door-casing, whereby the closure may be separated from the casing and easily transported from place to place and used as a screen.

7. A combined swinging door-closure and screen, consisting of two or more panels suitably hinged together so as to be unfolded in a line with each other or folded one upon the other, supporting means such as casters carried by each of said panels, and means for conveniently hinging one of said panels to, or unhinging from, a door-casing, whereby the door may be easily separated from the casing and transported from place to place so as to be used as a screen.

LIZZIE C. HERDRICH. 

